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Recently I saw a question asking how to create an RSS Feed on a FrontPage web site so I thought it might be useful to post the response I gave here. Most of the blogs are using ASP.NET. If that's what you're doing there's an article at http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla...
How do you create content that is usable on a cell phone? The answer is by using Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and Wireless Markup Language (WML). In this article, we explain what these technologies are and how the Microsoft FrontPage Web site creation...
Every so often we get a request for help from someone who has lost their product key. To obtain a new product key for your Office program in the United States, call 1-800-936-5700 and speak to a Microsoft customer service representative. For more information...
Read an excerpt from Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out where Jim Buyens explains how programmers using Visual Studio.NET and designers using FrontPage 2003 can work on the same physical copy of a Web site and how they can take the best advantage...
To create a custom image for the FrontPage hit counter, follow these steps: Open any image editing program that is capable of saving files as .GIF images, such as Microsoft Image composer. Note: The hit counter works only with .GIF images. Create an image...
On the Tools menu in FrontPage 2000/2002, click Add-ins . Select the add-in you would like to uninstall. Click Remove . Click OK . If it was added to the toolbar: On the Tools menu, click Customize . With the Customize dialog box displayed, click the...
One of the minor drawbacks of FrontPage is that it allows you to select any font, that is registered on your PC, to design your web pages. I say this is a drawback because many web designers aren't aware that you can't use any font you'd like and have...
Have you ever spent hours trying to get your site to look just right and then viewed it on another PC at a different screen resolution? If I design a site, I want to be sure that it stays the way I wanted it to look no matter what screen resolution the...
Internet Explorer 5 added a new ability for web designers to take advantage of. That was the ability to customize and add colors to their scroll bars. This is done using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). And example would look like this: <HEAD> <style...
Is it possible to stream Real Audio or Real Video without a streaming media server? Yes. You can go to www.real.com and get Real Producer. Once you've created your file you can have the program create the HTML page for you and choose the option for a...
One question that I get a lot of is people wanting to know how to disable the right-click menu in a user's browser so they can't download images and graphics from their site. This also goes hand-in-hand with the questions about preventing users from stealing...
In FrontPage you can easily convert any folder in a web into a subweb . Because each subweb can have its own set of permissions for who can author, browse, or administer it, you can set up individual subwebs with different levels of permissions and different...
If you create a folder and precede its name with an underscore (for example, _ database ), the folder is only hidden from FrontPage views. Such folders are useful for files that do not need to be seen in FrontPage views; however, the folder's contents...
If you've ever received an error on your page, that indicates a problem at a specific line number, it may be easy enough to track that error down. But what if it's a large page or contains a lot of coding? Then how do you find the line number quickly...
In order to send email from a FrontPage form you need to configure the FrontPage Server Extensions to send email. In Internet Information Server: Right-click on your web and choose Properties . Click on the Server Extensions Tab. For FrontPage 2002: Click...
Although FrontPage does not have all the power of a traditional desktop publishing program, there are a few ways you can accomplish this. Method #1: Right-click on your image. Choose Picture Properties from the menu (in FrontPage 98 this will be called...
You can do this from the picture properties dialog box. Right-click on your image. Choose Picture Properties (in FrontPage 98 this will be called Image Properties ) from the menu. Click on the Appearance Tab. Set the Border thickness to 0 (zero). Click...
There are several ways to do this. You can create a hyperlink to an image or text using the following code: <a href="Javascript:history.go(-1)">Back</a> Note: (-1) means go back one page. So, for example (-2) would be go back two pages. or...
You can use the following method to redirect a user to another page on YOUR site, another site or simply to refresh the current page. This is accomplished using the META tags. There are two methods: Switch to HTML View . in the <head> section of...
You can use the following JavaScript code to allow your users to add your web site to their Favorites list. <head> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> <!-- if ((navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") > 0) && ...